Limelight

It was actress Nadia Montenegro and entertainment writer Art Tapalla who witnessed the rants of Emma Ferro, one of the younger sisters of the late veteran and award-winning actress Angie Ferro, at the funeral wake of the latter. According to Emma, there were fillers that Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando and Asia’s Sentimental Songstress Imelda Papin were coming to the sickbed …

Even if veteran and award-winning actress Angie Ferro was already cremated and gone to the great beyond, and her ashes were brought home for homage, her family still carries burdens of her loss. In the afternoon of paying our—with entertainment journalist Art Tapalla—last respects to the dead at the St. Peter Chapels along Scout Chuatoco in Quezon City, it was …

Veteran and award-winning actress Angie Ferro believed that like a story, life has a beginning, middle and an end. That is exactly what life like a story had progressed in Angie’s material and temporal existence on earth. Ferro was born and had exerienced the chronological phases of life until her death Thursday night. Angie died of bodily complications after a …

Filipino actor Allen Dizon won the Best Leading Actor Foreign Premo Humphrey Boggart Award at the recently concluded International Imago Film Festival di Civitella del Tronto held at Civitella del Tronto, Italy. Allen bagged the award for his film “AbeNida” written by Ralston Jover, directed by Louie Ignacio and produced by Baby F. Go of BG Productions International. Dennis Evangelista, …

Is award-winning and controversial Filipino actress Dolly de Leon really teaming up with Hollywood star Nicole Kidman in a screen project? Was it only yesterday when the good news broke out that internationally renowned de Leon would star with Australian-bred Kidman in a movie that would explore a chemistry between them? In no time at all, the wonderful news fizzled …

“Iti Mapukpukaw,” a story of a young boy who is stricken with grief and trauma on the death of his uncle won the Best Film award in the Full-Length Feature category at the 19th edition of the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival awarding ceremonies held at the lobby of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Sunday night. …

A real actor is also measured by his award-winning screen performances in world cinema. That’s precisely how Filipino actor John Lloyd Cruz is gauged in his total involvement in every acting masterpiece he essays. The recent showing of John Lloyd’s thespic talent was written once more in the history of international film art when he was proclaimed Best Actor at …

Today, Saturday, August 12, 2023 is the last day of viewing on the remains of former undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Martin Dino, also known as the father of actress Liza Dino-Seguerra, ex-chair of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). As such, the elder Dino’s kith and kin rush to Loyola Memorial …

In his hectic schedules as arts manager in the premier state arts and culture agency, he once more unleashes selflessness as a virtue among artists by breathing in dramaturgy in the four walls of academe. Dennis Marasigan, Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Vice-President and Artistic Director is slated to share his theater acquired and self-formulated theories and practices with …

As a film and television industry leader, Rez Cortez is optimistic the two organizations of actors, the Katipunan ng mga Artista ng Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebisyon (KAPPT) or Actors Guild of the Philippines groups and AKTOR or League of Filipino Actors. In the wake of the prep-up of the Film Commission of the Philippines of which Rez is an active …